| Being Poor in Modern Europe: Historical Perspectives 1800-1940 Contributor(s): Gestrich, Andreas (Editor), King, Steven (Editor), Raphael, Lutz (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3039102567 ISBN-13: 9783039102563 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $143.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - History | Europe - Germany - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: 305.569 |
| LCCN: 2007270545 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.60 lbs) 542 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book brings together authors working on some of the most significant poverty and welfare research projects on the European stage. The contributions focus broadly on the experience of being poor in England, Scotland, Ireland and Germany between 1800 and the 1940s, a theme that has received inadequate attention in the European historiography thus far. The chapters are organised into three thematic sections. The first deals with the experience of being poor: networks, migration and survival strategies; the second with confinement, discipline, surveillance and classification: paths to the welfare state; and the third with the symbolism of poverty. |